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# Read Mark Zuckerberg's Harvard Commencement Address

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## Video: Mark Zuckerberg Gives 2017 Harvard Graduates Dating Advice

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## TIME Staff


May 25, 2017 9:21 PM UTC

Mark Zuckerberg Gives 2017 Harvard Graduates Dating Advice 

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## TIME Staff


May 25, 2017 9:21 PM UTC

Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg delivered the commencement address at Harvard University on Thursday. His full remarks are below, as shared on Zuckerberg’s [Facebook page](https://www.facebook.com/notes/mark-zuckerberg/harvard-commencement-2017/10154853758606634/).

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## Transcript

My best memory from Harvard is meeting Priscilla. [ SOUND ] [ LAUGH ] I had just launched this prank website, Facemash. And the ad board wanted to see me. Everyone thought I was gonna get kicked out. My parent drove up here tp help me pack my stuff. My friends threw me a going away party. Who does that? As luck would have it, Priscilla was at that party with her friends, and we met in line for the bathroom in the Pfoho belltower, And in what must be one the all time most romantic lines, I turned to her and said, I'm getting kicked out in three days, so we need to go on a date quickly. [ LAUGH ] Actually, any of you graduating today can use that line.

I'm getting kicked out today, we need to go on a date fast.

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